"Great Outdoors Restaurant"

Great Outdoors Restaurant is in my opinion the greatest restaurant in the area. It's located in the historic Opera House right on Main Street in the heart of downtown High Springs. The Opera House was built in 1895. The resturant that it boasts today was purchased in 2005 and the owners have stayed true to the original style of the building and it's historic charm while installing a state of the art kitchen that serves some of the best food around.

This award winning restaurant offers steaks, seafood, salads, great appetizers, dessert, and a full liqour bar. The restaurant is broken up in four different sections. When you first walk in you are engulfed in the beautiful and charming dining room. Then next to that is the Spring House Tavern, which is the bar side where they offer 1/2 off wine nights on Thursdays and $1 drafts on Sundays. Then you have the patio. It's an art in and of itself. If you weren't blown away by the sophication and attention to detail of the main dining room and tavern, the patio is exceptional. It's really neat in it's own right.  The food is Heaven. I could eat their food on a broken picnic table and it would be just as glorious. Which by the way, they do take-out! The fourth part of the restaurant is the Opera House (upstairs) where you can reserve a date to hold private events, but we'll get to that later.

I've had their steaks, salads, seafood, and dessert; and I've never complained about a darn thing. Some of the food is the best I've ever eaten. This is coming from someone who can cook up some mean food and has tasted some of the best food the world has to offer. Which I believe is saying a lot. The prices aren't cheap, but they also won't break the bank. Dinner menu prices range from about $13-$30 depending on what you fancy.


They have an extensive wine list, but I'm more of a beer person. Who am I kidding? I'm a wine person too. They have many to choose from and they also have three private label beers: Tail-Gator Pilsner, Naked Ed Pale Ale, and Three Merry Widows. Tail-gator Pilsner is our favorite! Super Yum!

They feature live music on the patio several nights a week. We love to go and order a few drinks and appetizers and hang out on the patio listening to the local music scene. Check out their Events Calendar. A great way to spend the night!

They also hold private events in the second story opera house. I believe it can hold about 125 people. Great for business or elegant affairs.

Overall, Great Outdoors Restaurant is perfection! From the design, to the food, to the atmosphere, and the people. With every surface being a feast for the eyes, I like to think of it as "sophisticated nature".